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adj
- Reduced or lowered.
- (geoarchaeology) Subsided or compressed downward.
- (economics) Adjusted downward to compensate for inflation.
- (economics) Suffering from deflation.
- Empty of all the air or gas that was or could be inside.
- (figurative) Disappointed; depressed, especially after having been hopeful or in high spirits.
- brought low in spirit
verb
adj
- lessened, reduced
- (music) reduced by a semitone
- made to seem less important, impressive, or valuable
- (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use
- impaired by diminution
- (of musical intervals) reduction by a semitone of any perfect or minor musical interval
- made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)
verb
verb
- lessen, diminish, or curtail
- (transitive) To curtail.
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- (transitive) Cut short; truncate.
- (transitive) To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.
- (transitive) To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense.
adj
- Reduced.
- (of a gem) Carved into a shape; not raw.
- (bodybuilding) Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among larger muscles.
- (slang, New Zealand, formerly UK) Intoxicated as a result of drugs or alcohol.
- (participial adjective) Having been cut.
- (cricket, of a shot) Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point.
- (informal) Circumcised or having been the subject of female genital mutilation.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Upset, angry; emotionally hurt.
- (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
- (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit
- mixed with water
- separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument
- (of a male animal) having the testicles removed
- (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply
- with parts removed
- made neat and tidy by trimming
- fashioned or shaped by cutting
verb
- To reduce, especially intentionally.
- To absent oneself from (a class, an appointment, etc.).
- (intransitive) To enter a queue in the wrong place.
- (transitive, cricket) To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball while bowling it.
- (intransitive, slang) To leave abruptly.
- (intransitive) To engage in self-harm by making cuts in one's own skin.
- To perform an incision on, for example with a knife.
- To abridge or shorten a work; to remove a portion of a recording during editing.
- (slang) To wound with a knife.
- To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce.
- (transitive, film) To edit a film by selecting takes from original footage.
- (intransitive) To change direction suddenly.
- To separate or omit, in a situation where one was previously associated.
- (transitive, social) To ignore as a social rebuff or snub.
- To perform (an elaborate dancing movement etc.).
- (transitive) To exhibit (a figure having some trait).
- (ambitransitive) To deliver a stroke with a whip or like instrument to.
- (bodybuilding) To lose body mass, aiming to keep muscle but lose body fat.
- (transitive, cricket) To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.
- (transitive, computing) To remove (text, a picture, etc.) and place in memory in order to paste at a later time.
- (sports) To drive (a ball) to one side, as by (in billiards or croquet) hitting it fine with another ball, or (in tennis) striking it with the racket inclined.
- To castrate or geld.
- (intransitive) To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.
- (slang, intransitive) To run or hurry.
- (transitive, slang) To dilute or adulterate something, especially a recreational drug.
- (intransitive, film) To make an abrupt transition from one scene or image to another.
- (transitive, slang) To make, negotiate; to finalise, conclude; to issue.
- (transitive, intransitive) To divide a pack of playing cards into two parts, often followed by placing the two parts back together in the opposite order.
- To form or shape by cutting.
- (intransitive) To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
- (transitive) To renounce or give up.
- To interfere, as a horse; to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs.
- To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument.
- (transitive) To stop, disengage, or cease.
- penetrate injuriously
- function as a cutting instrument
- divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult
- form by probing, penetrating, or digging
- fell by sawing; hew
- refuse to acknowledge
- discharge from a group
- allow incision or separation
- record a performance on (a medium)
- hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction
- pass directly and often in haste
- stop filming
- intentionally fail to attend
- grow through the gums
- cut and assemble the components of
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- give the appearance or impression of
- make an incision or separation
- make an abrupt change of image or sound
- cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
- style and tailor in a certain fashion
- form or shape by cutting or incising
- cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
- have a reducing effect
- separate with or as if with an instrument
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- pass through or across
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- make out and issue
- be able to manage or manage successfully
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
- make a recording of
- reap or harvest
- create by duplicating data
- move (one's fist)
- shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of
- cease, stop
- dissolve by breaking down the fat of
- perform or carry out
- have grow through the gums
intj
noun
- (slang, uncountable) That which is used to dilute or adulterate a recreational drug.
- (card games) The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.
- (slang) An insult.
- An opening of a living body resulting from cutting; an incision or wound.
- (slang) A hidden, secluded, or secure place.
- An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving.
- (card games) The card obtained by dividing the pack.
- The manner or style in which a garment, other article of clothing, or sail is fashioned.
- A decrease or deletion.
- (archaeology) A truncation, a context that represents a moment in time when other archaeological deposits were removed for the creation of some feature such as a ditch or pit.
- (Internet) A dividing line in a Tumblr post, the content below which is hidden until the reader reveals it.
- A haircut.
- (bodybuilding) A time period when one attempts to lose fat while retaining muscle mass.
- (literal, figurative) The act of cutting.
- Such a wound through human skin.
- A sleeveless vest worn by members of a motorcycle club.
- (fashion) A notch shaved into an eyebrow.
- (fencing) An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point.
- (especially theater, film) A passage omitted or to be omitted from a play, movie script, speech, etc.
- (cricket) A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point.
- (graph theory) The partition of a graph’s vertices into two subgroups.
- A skein of yarn.
- Such a passage dug for a roadway for a paved road or railroad, a canal, a runway, etc.
- A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove.
- (golf) In a stroke play competition, the early elimination of those players who have not then attained a preannounced score, so that the rest of the competition is less pressed for time and more entertaining for spectators.
- A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance.
- A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio tapes, CDs, etc.
- (literal, figurative) The result of cutting.
- (film) A particular version or edit of a film.
- (sports) In lawn tennis, etc., a slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin thus given to the ball.
- A slab or slice, especially of meat.
- (rail transport) A string of railway cars coupled together, shorter than a train.
- (cricket) Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the ball.
- An unkind act; a cruelty.
- A share or portion of profits.
- An artificial channel for marine navigation, as distinguished from a navigable river.
- (petrochemistry) The range of temperatures used to distill a particular mixture of hydrocarbons from crude oil.
- a wound made by cutting
- in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
- the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
- a refusal to recognize someone you know
- (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
- a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
- a remark capable of wounding mentally
- a canal made by erosion or excavation
- a share of the profits
- the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
- the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
- the act of cutting something into parts
- a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
- (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
- the style in which a garment is cut
- a step on some scale
- the act of reducing the amount or number
- an unexcused absence from class
- the division of a deck of cards before dealing
- a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
noun
- A lessening, decrease or reduction.
- the act of decreasing or reducing something
- (music) a compositional technique where the composer shortens the melody by shortening its note values.
- The act or process of making diminutive.
- the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original)
- change toward something smaller or lower
noun
- A curtailment or reduction.
- (specifically) An act of terminating the employment of a worker or making an employee redundant, often to reduce expenses; a layoff.
- (especially politics) The adoption of a defensive and hostile posture; refusal to compromise, radicalization.
- (by extension) Withdrawal.
- (specifically) An act of reducing expenses; economizing.
- the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable
- entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense
verb
- (transitive) To reduce.
- (transitive) To make (something, especially something flying) fall to the ground, usually by firing a weapon of some kind.
- (transitive) To stop the effects of intoxication in (someone).
- To cause to fall down, e.g. in an accident.
- (transitive) To take (someone) to prison.
- (transitive) To humble.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring, down.
- (transitive) To make (someone) feel bad emotionally.
- (transitive) To calm down (someone).
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) To receive a prison sentence.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, transitive) To incite excitement in (a place or crowd).
- (transitive) To make (a ruler or government) lose their position of power.
- (sports, transitive) To cause (an opponent) to fall after a tackle.
- move something or somebody to a lower position
- cause to come to the ground
- impose something unpleasant
- cause the downfall of; of rulers
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- cause to be enthusiastic
verb
- (transitive) To reduce.
- To defeat; to destroy or kill (a person).
- To write down as a note, especially to record something spoken.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To collapse or become incapacitated from illness or fatigue.
- To remove a temporary structure such as scaffolding.
- To remove something from a wall or similar vertical surface to which it is fixed.
- To lower an item of clothing without removing it.
- To arrest someone or to place them in detention.
- To remove something from a hanging position.
- To remove something from a website.
- (combat sports) To force one’s opponent off their feet in order to transition from striking to grappling in jujitsu, mixed martial arts, etc.
- To swallow.
- move something or somebody to a lower position
- reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
- tear down so as to make flat with the ground
- make a written note of
verb
- To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
- (transitive) To soak leather so as to remove chemicals used in tanning; to steep in bate.
- (intransitive, falconry) Of a falcon: To flap the wings vigorously; to bait.
- To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
- (intransitive) To contend or strive with blows or arguments.
- (transitive, sometimes figuratively) To cut off, remove, take away.
- To waste away.
- (intransitive, slang) Clipping of masturbate.
- (transitive) To restrain, usually with the sense of being in anticipation
- (transitive) To reduce the force of something; to abate.
- To deprive of.
- soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments
- flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons
- moderate or restrain; lessen the force of
noun
adj
- Capable of being reduced.
- capable of being reduced
- (mathematics, of an integer) Able to be factored into smaller integers; composite.
- (mathematics, of a polynomial) Able to be factored into polynomials of lower degree, as x²-1.
- (topology, of a manifold) Containing a sphere of codimension 1 that is not the boundary of a ball.
adj
noun
- An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails.
- (electrical engineering) Synonym of pigtail (“a short length of twisted electrical wire”).
- (typography) The lower loop of the letters in the Roman alphabet, as in g, q or y.
- (mathematics) All the last terms of a sequence, from some term on.
- (slang) The penis of a person or animal.
- (surgery) A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end, which does not go through the whole thickness of the skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; called also tailing.
- (slang, uncountable) Sexual intercourse.
- The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything.
- (nautical) A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which it may be lashed to anything.
- A train or company of attendants; a retinue.
- (law) Limitation of inheritance to certain heirs.
- A downy or feathery appendage of certain achens, formed of the permanent elongated style.
- (chiefly in the plural) The side of a coin not bearing the head; normally the side on which the monetary value of the coin is indicated; the reverse.
- (now colloquial, chiefly US) The buttocks or backside.
- (mining) A tailing.
- The latter part of a time period or event, or (collectively) persons or objects represented in this part.
- (anatomy) The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to their posterior and near the anus or cloaca.
- (anatomy) The distal tendon of a muscle.
- The tail-end of any object.
- (architecture) The bottom or lower portion of a member or part such as a slate or tile.
- The feathers attached to the pygostyle of a bird.
- (kayaking) The stern; the back of the kayak.
- The rear structure of an aircraft, the empennage.
- (cricket) The lower order of batsmen in the batting order, usually specialist bowlers.
- One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by splitting the bandage one or more times.
- (entomology) A filamentous projection on the tornal section of each hind wing of certain butterflies.
- (statistics) The part of a distribution most distant from the mode.
- (astronomy) The visible stream of dust and gases blown from a comet by the solar wind.
- (chemistry) The final fraction of a distillation run, typically containing impurities and fusel oils.
- One who surreptitiously follows another.
- (music) The part of a note which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem.
- any projection that resembles the tail of an animal
- (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head
- the rear part of an aircraft
- the rear part of a ship
- the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
- a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- the time of the last part of something
verb
- To pull or draw by the tail.
- (architecture) To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in or into
- To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.
- (nautical) To swing with the stern in a certain direction; said of a vessel at anchor.
- (transitive) To follow and observe surreptitiously.
- remove or shorten the tail of an animal
- remove the stalk of fruits or berries
- go after with the intent to catch
verb
- (intransitive) To lessen or reduce.
- (idiomatic, transitive, especially US) To deliver; to deposit or leave; to allow passengers to alight.
- (intransitive, also figuratively) To drop, fall.
- (transitive, also figuratively) To drop from, fall from.
- (slang) To abandon or give up on (something); to be abandoned or given up on.
- (intransitive, figurative) To end a connection with a telephone queue, either by hanging up or after being served or processed.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To fall asleep.
- change from a waking to a sleeping state
- remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
- fall to a lower standard
- fall or diminish
- retreat
verb
- (intransitive) To decrease.
- (impersonal, UK) To rain.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To return from an elevated state of consciousness (especially when drug-induced) or emotion.
- (intransitive) To be passed through time.
- (intransitive) To reach or release a decision.
- (intransitive) To descend, fall down, collapse.
- (intransitive, UK) To graduate from university, especially an Oxbridge university.
- (intransitive) To be demolished.
- Shortening of of come down the (pike, line, etc.) To be about to happen; to occur; to transpire.
- (intransitive, slang) To behave in a particular way.
- get sick
- move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
- criticize or reprimand harshly
- be the essential element
- fall from clouds
verb
- (figuratively) To reduce sharply.
- (Scotland, intransitive) To work in wet conditions.
- To produce a similar wound with a savage strike of a whip.
- (fashion) To create slashes in a garment.
- (ice hockey) To strike swiftly and laterally with a hockey stick, usually across another player's arms or legs.
- (cricket) To swing wildly at the ball.
- To crack a whip with a slashing motion.
- To strike violently and randomly, particularly:
- (intransitive, UK, slang) To piss, to urinate.
- (intransitive, fandom slang) To write slash fiction.
- (US, Canada) To clear land, (particularly forestry) with violent action such as logging or brushfires or (agriculture, uncommon) through grazing.
- To cut with a swift broad stroke of an edged weapon.
- (figuratively) To criticize cuttingly.
- To move quickly and violently.
- move or stir about violently
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- cut open
- cut drastically
- cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
noun
- (figuratively) A sharp reduction in resources allotted.
- (vulgar, slang) The vulva.
- (Scotland) A large quantity of watery food such as broth.
- (botany) A deep taper-pointed incision in a plant.
- A deep cut or laceration, as made by an edged weapon or whip.
- (fashion) A slit in an outer garment, usually exposing a lining or inner garment of a contrasting color or design.
- A swift, broad cutting stroke, especially one made with an edged weapon or whip.
- (eastern US, uncommon) A slash pine, which grows in such (swampy) areas.
- (eastern US) A swampy area; a swamp.
- (idiomatic, by extension) The conjunctions and or also (during a conversation).
- (UK) Alternative form of slatch: a deep trough of finely-fractured culm or a circular or elliptical pocket of coal.
- (US and Canada) The loose woody debris remaining from a slash; the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal.
- (UK, slang, vulgar, rare) Piss; urine.
- (originally US, typography) The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩.
- (UK, slang, vulgar) A piss: an act of urination.
- (sports) A wide striking motion made with an implement such as a cricket bat, hockey stick, or lacrosse stick.
- (US and Canada) A clearing in a forest, particularly one made by logging, fire, or other violent action.
- (often proscribed) Any similar typographical mark, such as the backslash ⟨\⟩.
- (fandom slang) Slash fiction; fan fiction focused on homoerotic pairing of fictional characters.
- an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)
- a wound made by cutting
- a punctuation mark (‘/’) used to separate related items of information
- a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument
adv
conj
verb
- (transitive) To reduce; to make smaller.
- (cooking) To cook (food, especially fast food), particularly by lowering into hot oil to deep-fry, or by grilling.
- (transitive, music) To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
- (intransitive) Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets.
- (transitive) To cease concerning oneself over (someone or something); to have nothing more to do with (a discussion, subject, etc.).
- (intransitive, computing) To enter a more basic interface.
- (transitive) To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot, etc.; to bring down, to shoot down; to kill.
- (intransitive, physiology, informal) Of the testicles: to hang further away from the body and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
- Especially in drop acid: to swallow (a drug, particularly LSD).
- (intransitive) Of a voice: to lower in timbre, often due to puberty.
- (transitive, computing, music, television, colloquial) To release (a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.) to the public.
- (intransitive) To decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc.
- (intransitive, computing, music, television, colloquial) Of a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.: to enter public distribution.
- (transitive) To drip (a liquid) in drops or small amounts.
- (originally US) To (unexpectedly) lose (a competition, game, etc.).
- To lose, spend, or otherwise part with (money).
- (intransitive, also figuratively) To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid.
- (intransitive) To come to an end (by not being kept up); to lapse, to stop.
- (intransitive) To fall into a particular condition or state.
- (intransitive, online gaming, video games) Of an item: To appear for the player to pick up, usually after an enemy has been defeated.
- To impart (something).
- (intransitive) Usually followed by by, in, or into: of a person: to visit someone or somewhere informally or without a prior appointment.
- (intransitive) To fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground.
- (rugby) To score (a goal) by means of a drop kick.
- (transitive) To cancel or cease to participate in (a scheduled course, event, or project).
- To perform (rap music).
- (transitive) To mention (something) casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
- (transitive) To set down (someone or something) from a vehicle; to stop and deliver or deposit (someone or something); to drop off.
- (transitive) To lower (a sound, a voice, etc.) in pitch or volume.
- (transitive, computing) To present (the user) with a more basic interface.
- (transitive) To cease to include (something), as if on a list; to dismiss, to eject, to expel.
- To quickly lower or take down (one's trousers), especially in public.
- (cricket) Of a fielder: to fail to dismiss (a batsman) by accidentally dropping a batted ball that had initially been caught.
- (transitive, linguistics) To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter, etc.).
- To pass or use (counterfeit cheques, money, etc.).
- (intransitive) To collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death.
- (transitive, ergative, also figuratively) To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
- (transitive) To move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards; to lower.
- (intransitive) Of a song or sound: to lower in key, pitch, tempo, or other quality.
- (transitive, online gaming, video games) Of a defeated enemy or container: To leave behind an item that the player can collect.
- To play (a portion of music) in the manner of a disc jockey.
- (intransitive, gambling) To drop out of the betting.
- (transitive) Of an animal (usually a sheep): to give birth to (young); of a bird: to lay (an egg).
- (transitive) To let (a letter, etc.) fall into a postbox; hence, to send (a letter, email, or other message) in an offhand manner.
- (transitive) To dispose or get rid of (something); to lose, to remove.
- (US, Singapore, ergative, military, slang) To make someone, or be made to do push-ups or some other form of exercise on the ground as punishment.
- (intransitive) To fall behind or to the rear of a group of people, etc., as a result of not keeping up with those at the front.
- pay out
- utter with seeming casualness
- take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth
- change from one level to another
- remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
- lower the pitch of (musical notes)
- fall or descend to a lower place or level
- stop pursuing or acting
- to fall vertically
- let fall to the ground
- cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
- fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death
- grow progressively worse
- stop associating with
- leave undone or leave out
- let or cause to fall in drops
- to remove
- go down in value
- lose (a game)
- omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing
- give birth; used for animals
- hang loosely
- terminate an association with
noun
- Of women's clothes: the difference between the bust circumference and hip circumference.
- (online gaming, video games) An item made available for the player to pick up from the remains of a defeated enemy.
- (pinball) Ellipsis of drop target.
- (rugby) Ellipsis of drop kick.
- (pharmacology, chiefly in the plural) A liquid medicine that is intended to be administered in drops (sense 1).
- (agriculture) A fruit which has fallen off a tree, etc., or has been knocked off accidentally, rather than picked.
- (informal) Only used in get the drop on, have the drop on: an advantage.
- A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.
- (nautical) The depth of a (square) sail (generally applied to the courses only); the vertical dimension of a sail.
- (electrics, telecommunications) An overhead electrical line running from a utility pole to a customer's building or other premises.
- (American football) A dropped pass.
- Usually preceded by the: relegation from one division to a lower one.
- (law enforcement) The distance that a person drops when being executed by hanging.
- Often preceded by a defining word: a small, round piece of hard candy, such as a lemon drop; a lozenge.
- (theater) A curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; also, a section of (cloth) scenery lowered on to the stage like a curtain.
- (slang, US) An automobile with a drop-top roof, a convertible.
- Licorice in confectionery form.
- Ellipsis of drop hammer or drop press.
- The distance below a cliff or other high position through which someone or something could fall; hence, a steep slope.
- (also figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own rounded shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
- (law enforcement, informal) Preceded by the: execution by hanging.
- (music) A point in a song, usually electronic music such as dubstep, house, trance, or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in bass, tempo, and/or overall tone; a climax, a highlight.
- A release (of music, a video game, etc).
- (Ireland, informal) A single measure of whisky.
- Of men's clothes: the difference between the chest circumference and waist circumference.
- (figuratively) A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
- (law enforcement) A trapdoor (“hinged platform”) on a gallows; a gallows itself.
- An act of moving downwards under the force of gravity; a descent, a fall.
- The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
- A mechanism for lowering something, such as a machine for lowering heavy weights on to a ship's deck, or a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet, etc.
- (pharmacology) A dose of liquid medicine in the form of a drop (sense 1).
- (engineering) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
- (surfing) A near vertical decent down the face of a breaking wave.
- (cricket) A place (specified by an ordinal) in the batting order after the openers.
- (architecture) An ornament resembling a pendant; a gutta.
- (American football) Ellipsis of drop-back.
- (gambling) The amount of money that a gambler exchanges for chips in a casino.
- (chiefly British) Usually preceded by the: alcoholic spirits in general.
- (golf) Ellipsis of drop shot.
- The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.
- (chiefly Australia, British) A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
- A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, whether openly (as with a mail drop), or secretly or illegally (as in crime or espionage); a drop-off point.
- An instance of making a delivery of people, supplies, or things, especially by parachute out of an aircraft (an airdrop), but also by truck, etc.
- a shape that is spherical and small
- a central depository where things can be left or picked up
- a steep high face of rock
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
- a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)
- the act of dropping something
- a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)
adj
- (mathematics) Reduced to a lower degree or form.
- Suffering from clinical depression.
- Unhappy; despondent.
- Suffering damaging effects of economic recession.
- lower than previously
- filled with melancholy and despondency
- flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces
verb
verb
- (figurative) To reduce or diminish.
- To digest in the stomach.
- (cooking) To make an infusion.
- (transitive) To devise.
- (figurative) To heat as if by boiling.
- (cooking) To reduce, or concentrate by boiling down.
- be cooked until very little liquid is left
- extract the essence of something by boiling it
- steep in hot water
verb
- (mathematics) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.
- (economics) To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
- To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
- To press down.
- To make depressed, sad or bored.
- lower (prices or markets)
- lessen the activity or force of
- lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
- cause to drop or sink
- press down
verb
- To reduce or contract; to become shorter.
- (idiomatic, intransitive, of night/darkness/winter) To approach.
- (idiomatic, intransitive, of nights or evenings) To become dark earlier as a result of seasonal change.
- (idiomatic, transitive) To attract.
- (idiomatic, transitive) To get (someone) involved.
- draw in as if by suction
- shape one's body into a curl
- of trains; move into (a station)
- direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
- pull inward or towards a center
- advance or converge on
verb
verb
- To limit narrowly; to restrict.
- To draw a line around; to encircle.
- (geometry) To draw the smallest circle or higher-dimensional sphere that has (a polyhedron, polygon, etc.) in its interior.
- restrict or confine within limits
- draw a line around
- to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect
adj
noun
noun
noun
- (mathematics) Reduction to lower terms, as a fraction.
- The result of shortening or reducing; abridgment.
- Any convenient short form used as a substitution for an understood or inferred whole.
- The process of abbreviating.
- (music) A notation used in music score to denote a direction, as pp or mf.
- (music) One or more dashes through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, demisemiquavers, or hemidemisemiquavers.
- (biology) Loss during evolution of the final stages of the ancestral ontogenetic pattern.
- (linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase used to represent the whole, using omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @.
- shortening something by omitting parts of it
- a shortened form of a word or phrase
noun
- the act of decreasing something markedly
- the state of being depleted
- The act of depleting, or the state of being depleted; exhaustion.
- (accounting, mining, timber industry, oil industry) gradual expense or use of natural resources over time.
- The consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished.
noun
- the act of decreasing or reducing something
- a process of becoming smaller or shorter
- the amount by which something decreases
- a change downward
- An amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased.
- (knitting, crochet) A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be decreased from another existing stitch or by knitting it together with another stitch. See Decrease (knitting).
verb
noun
- the act of decreasing or reducing something
- the act of reducing complexity
- any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent
- The act, process, or result of reducing.
- (philosophy, phenomenology) A philosophical procedure intended to reveal the objects of consciousness as pure phenomena. (See phenomenological reduction.)
- (computing theory) A transformation of one problem into another problem, such as mapping reduction or polynomial-time reduction.
- (cooking) The process of rapidly boiling a sauce to concentrate it.
- (mathematics) The rewriting of an expression into a simpler form.
- (historical, Roman Catholicism) A religious settlement created during a mission by Spanish or Portuguese colonists with the intent of evangelizing Christianity to the local population.
- (music) An arrangement for a far smaller number of parties, e.g. a keyboard solo based on a full opera.
- (medicine) A medical procedure to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment, usually with a closed approach but sometimes with an open approach (surgery).
- (paying) A reduced price of something by a fraction or decimal.
- The amount or rate by which something is reduced, e.g. in price.
- (chemistry) A reaction in which electrons are gained and valence is reduced; often by the removal of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen.
- (metalworking) The ratio of a material's change in thickness compared to its thickness prior to forging and/or rolling.
verb
- (transitive) To confine; to limit; to restrict.
- (transitive) To cut down or reduce.
- (intransitive) To live less expensively; to economize.
- (intransitive) To take up a new defensive position.
- (transitive, military) To furnish with a retrenchment (a defensive work within a fortification).
- (intransitive) To abridge; to curtail.
- (transitive) To dig or redig a trench where one already exists.
- (transitive, specifically) To terminate the employment of a worker to reduce the size of a workforce; to make redundant.
- tighten one's belt; use resources carefully
- make a reduction, as in one's workforce
verb
- To curtail; to cut short.
- (slang) To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.
- (computer graphics, video games, ambitransitive) To move (through or into) (a rendered object or barrier).
- (slang, transitive) To cheat, swindle, or fleece.
- (dialectal, informal) To strike with the hand.
- To fasten with a clip.
- To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.
- (slang, transitive) to grab or take stealthily.
- (computer graphics) To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it.
- To make a clip; to cut a section of video from a film, broadcast, or other longer video.
- To grip tightly.
- (signal processing) To cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value.
- (surgery, transitive) To treat (an aneurysm) by closing it off with a physical clip.
- To hit or strike, especially in passing.
- (slang) To assassinate; to bump off.
- (American football) To perform an illegal tackle, throwing the body across the back of an opponent's leg or hitting him from the back below the waist while moving up from behind unless the opponent is a runner or the action is in close line play.
- run at a moderately swift pace
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- sever or remove by pinching or snipping
- terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
- attach with a clip
noun
- A short piece of audio (shortened version of audio clip, or alternatively clipping of audio).
- (military, colloquial) A removable magazine of a firearm.
- Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
- A newspaper clipping.
- (uncountable, Geordie) The condition of something, its state.
- (military) A frame containing a number of rounds of ammunition which is intended to be inserted into an internal magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading.
- Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:
- The product of a single shearing of sheep.
- An act of clipping, such as a haircut.
- A section of video taken from a film, broadcast, or other longer video.
- A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; a toe clip or beak.
- (fishing, UK, Scotland) A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.
- An unspecified, but normally understood as rapid, speed or pace.
- A season's crop of wool.
- (informal) A blow with the hand (often in the set phrase clip round the ear)
- a sharp slanting blow
- an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress
- a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun
- the act of clipping or snipping
- an instance or single occasion for some event
- any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together
verb
- To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate.
- To decrease in amount or size.
- To lower (something) in price or value.
- (chiefly US) To dismiss or otherwise bring to an end (legal proceedings) before they are completed, especially on procedural grounds rather than on the merits.
- (chiefly US) Of legal proceedings: to be dismissed or otherwise brought to an end before they are completed, especially on procedural grounds rather than on the merits.
- To reduce (something) in amount or size.
- To decrease in force or intensity; to subside.
- To lower in price or value; (law) specifically, of a bequest in a will: to lower in value because the testator's estate is insufficient to satisfy all the bequests in full.
- (chiefly historical) Of a writ or other legal document: to become null and void; to cease to have effect.
- To make (a writ or other legal document) void; to nullify.
- To cut away or hammer down (material from metalwork, a sculpture, etc.) in such a way as to leave a figure in relief.
- To put an end to (a nuisance).
- become less in amount or intensity
- make less active or intense
verb
verb
- (transitive, mathematics) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
- (transitive) To reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form.
- (transitive) To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned.
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- shorten
adj
verb
- To restrain within boundaries; to limit; to confine
- (specifically, mathematics) To consider (a function) as defined on a subset of its original domain.
- place under restrictions; limit access to by law
- place limits on (extent or amount or access)
- prevent (information) from being circulated or disclosed
- place restrictions on
noun
verb
- (transitive) To lower; to put (something) down.
- (transitive, golf, pocket billiards) To sink (a ball) into a hole or pocket.
- (transitive) To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.
- (transitive, colloquial) To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.
- (transitive) Specifically, to cause (something in the air) to fall to the ground; to bring down (with a missile etc.).
- (transitive, colloquial) To disparage; to put down.
- (transitive, American football, Canadian football) To render (the ball) dead, typically by touching the ground while in possession.
- (transitive, figurative) To defeat; to overpower.
- (transitive) To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.
- eat up completely, as with great appetite
- shoot at and force to come down
- improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
- bring down or defeat (an opponent)
- drink down entirely
- cause to come or go down
adj
- (baseball, cricket, colloquial, following the noun modified) Out.
- (not comparable, military, law enforcement, slang, of a person) Wounded and unable to move normally, or killed.
- (not comparable) Inoperable; out of order; out of service.
- Having a lower score than an opponent.
- (veterinary medicine, of a cow) Stranded in a recumbent position; unable to stand.
- (rail transport, of a train) Travelling in the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
- Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining).
- (normally in the combination 'down with') Sick or ill.
- (informal) Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.
- (slang) In prison.
- (of a tree, limb, etc) Fallen or felled.
- At a lower level than before.
- (colloquial, with "on") Negative about; hostile to.
- (Canada, US, slang) Comfortable [with]; accepting [of]; okay [with].
- Facing downwards.
- Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.)
- (not comparable, military, aviation, slang, of an aircraft) Mechanically failed, collided, shot down, or otherwise suddenly unable to fly.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) Accepted, respected, or loyally participating in the (thug) community.
- being put out in a game of baseball
- lower than previously
- extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
- filled with melancholy and despondency
- understood perfectly
- becoming progressively lower
- shut
- not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
- being or moving lower in position or less in some value
adv
- At or towards any place that is visualised as 'down' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
- Away from the city (regardless of direction).
- (crosswords, in relation to a numbered clued word) In a downwards direction; vertically.
- To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
- (sentence substitute, imperative) Get down.
- Forward, straight ahead.
- On paper (or in a durable record).
- To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.
- So as to be cowed into silence.
- Into a state of non-operation.
- (comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
- From less to greater detail.
- Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, permanence, or success rather than being of indefinite duration.
- (comparable) At a lower or further place or position along a set path.
- To or towards what is considered the bottom of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically lower.
- So as to lessen quantity, level or intensity.
- (sports) Towards the opponent's side (in ball-sports).
- From a remoter or higher antiquity.
- (rail transport) In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
- As a down payment.
- So as to reduce size, weight or volume.
- So as to secure or compress something to the floor, ground, or other (usually horizontal) surface.
- away from a more central or a more northerly place
- from an earlier time
- in an inactive or inoperative state
- to a lower intensity
- spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
- paid in cash at time of purchase
noun
- Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.
- The lightest quark with a charge number of −¹⁄₃.
- (usually in the plural) A field, especially one used for horse racing.
- (UK, chiefly in the plural) A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep.
- (gambling) The shift or period of time during which a dealer manages a given table before rotating to the next table at a casino or cardroom, which is often 30 minutes.
- (American football) A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed.
- A downstairs room of a two-story house.
- The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
- A negative aspect; a downer, a downside.
- That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.
- (especially Southern England, also Australia, often plural, often in place names) A hill; in England, especially a chalk hill.
- (crosswording) A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
- (botany) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.
- Down payment.
- A downer, depressant.
- An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
- fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
- soft fine feathers
- (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
- (American football) a complete play to advance the football
prep
- From one end to another of (in any direction); along.
- Towards the mouth of (a river); in the direction of flow of.
- (UK, Ireland) To (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).
- From north to south of.
- (UK, Ireland) At (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).
- From the higher end to the lower of.
adj
- limited or restricted; not absolute
- restricted in meaning; (as e.g. ‘man’ in ‘a tall man’)
- meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task
- contingent on something else
- holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill
- Meeting the standards, requirements, and training for a position.
- Restricted or limited by conditions.
verb
noun
- Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
- Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.
- A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell.
- Misspelling of stent (“medical device”).
- (motor racing) A part of the race between two consecutive pit stops.
- Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris. Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling.
- an unbroken period of time during which you do something
- smallest American sandpiper
- an individual's prescribed share of work
verb
- (intransitive) To be sparing or mean.
- (of mares) To impregnate successfully; to get with foal.
- To assign a certain task to (a person), upon the performance of which he/she is excused from further labour for that day or period; to stent.
- (transitive) To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to restrict to a scant allowance.
- supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
- subsist on a meager allowance
verb
- (intransitive) To decelerate.
- (transitive, intransitive, figuratively) To become less intense, enthusiastic, etc., usually with a positive connotation, implying that one is stripped of exaggerated or unnecessary eagerness.
- (transitive) To reduce the velocity, speed, or tempo of something.
- cause to proceed more slowly
- become slow or slower
- reduce the speed of
- lose velocity; move more slowly
- become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
noun
- (figurative) Gradual reduction over time.
- A slender wax candle.
- Someone who works with tape or tapes.
- (by extension) A small light.
- A thin stick used for lighting candles, either a wax-coated wick or a slow-burning wooden rod.
- The portion of an object with such a form.
- A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object.
- (weaving) One who operates a tape machine.
- A cone-shaped item for stretching the hole for an ear gauge (piercing).
- (machining) Ellipsis of machine taper.
- the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone)
- a convex shape that narrows toward a point
- a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame
- stick of wax with a wick in the middle
verb
adj
verb
- (transitive) To diminish or lessen something
- (transitive) To cut a rebate (or rabbet) in something
- To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.
- To abate; to withdraw.
- (transitive) To deduct or return an amount from a bill or payment
- (intransitive, falconry) Of a falcon: to return to the hand after bating; see bate².
- join with a rebate
- give a reduction in the price during a sale
- cut a rebate in (timber or stone)
noun
- A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar.
- The return of part of an amount already paid.
- A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements.
- An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood.
- A rectangular groove made to hold two pieces (of wood etc) together; a rabbet.
- (photography) The edge of a roll of film, from which no image can be developed.
- A deduction from an amount that is paid; an abatement.
- a refund of some fraction of the amount paid
- a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together
noun
- A lessening, decrease or reduction.
- the act of decreasing or reducing something
- (music) a compositional technique where the composer shortens the melody by shortening its note values.
- The act or process of making diminutive.
- the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original)
- change toward something smaller or lower
noun
- A curtailment or reduction.
- (specifically) An act of terminating the employment of a worker or making an employee redundant, often to reduce expenses; a layoff.
- (especially politics) The adoption of a defensive and hostile posture; refusal to compromise, radicalization.
- (by extension) Withdrawal.
- (specifically) An act of reducing expenses; economizing.
- the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable
- entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense
noun
noun
- (mathematics) Reduction to lower terms, as a fraction.
- The result of shortening or reducing; abridgment.
- Any convenient short form used as a substitution for an understood or inferred whole.
- The process of abbreviating.
- (music) A notation used in music score to denote a direction, as pp or mf.
- (music) One or more dashes through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, demisemiquavers, or hemidemisemiquavers.
- (biology) Loss during evolution of the final stages of the ancestral ontogenetic pattern.
- (linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase used to represent the whole, using omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @.
- shortening something by omitting parts of it
- a shortened form of a word or phrase
noun
- the act of decreasing something markedly
- the state of being depleted
- The act of depleting, or the state of being depleted; exhaustion.
- (accounting, mining, timber industry, oil industry) gradual expense or use of natural resources over time.
- The consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished.
noun
- the act of decreasing or reducing something
- a process of becoming smaller or shorter
- the amount by which something decreases
- a change downward
- An amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased.
- (knitting, crochet) A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be decreased from another existing stitch or by knitting it together with another stitch. See Decrease (knitting).
verb
noun
- the act of decreasing or reducing something
- the act of reducing complexity
- any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent
- The act, process, or result of reducing.
- (philosophy, phenomenology) A philosophical procedure intended to reveal the objects of consciousness as pure phenomena. (See phenomenological reduction.)
- (computing theory) A transformation of one problem into another problem, such as mapping reduction or polynomial-time reduction.
- (cooking) The process of rapidly boiling a sauce to concentrate it.
- (mathematics) The rewriting of an expression into a simpler form.
- (historical, Roman Catholicism) A religious settlement created during a mission by Spanish or Portuguese colonists with the intent of evangelizing Christianity to the local population.
- (music) An arrangement for a far smaller number of parties, e.g. a keyboard solo based on a full opera.
- (medicine) A medical procedure to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment, usually with a closed approach but sometimes with an open approach (surgery).
- (paying) A reduced price of something by a fraction or decimal.
- The amount or rate by which something is reduced, e.g. in price.
- (chemistry) A reaction in which electrons are gained and valence is reduced; often by the removal of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen.
- (metalworking) The ratio of a material's change in thickness compared to its thickness prior to forging and/or rolling.
verb
- (figuratively) To reduce sharply.
- (Scotland, intransitive) To work in wet conditions.
- To produce a similar wound with a savage strike of a whip.
- (fashion) To create slashes in a garment.
- (ice hockey) To strike swiftly and laterally with a hockey stick, usually across another player's arms or legs.
- (cricket) To swing wildly at the ball.
- To crack a whip with a slashing motion.
- To strike violently and randomly, particularly:
- (intransitive, UK, slang) To piss, to urinate.
- (intransitive, fandom slang) To write slash fiction.
- (US, Canada) To clear land, (particularly forestry) with violent action such as logging or brushfires or (agriculture, uncommon) through grazing.
- To cut with a swift broad stroke of an edged weapon.
- (figuratively) To criticize cuttingly.
- To move quickly and violently.
- move or stir about violently
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- cut open
- cut drastically
- cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
noun
- (figuratively) A sharp reduction in resources allotted.
- (vulgar, slang) The vulva.
- (Scotland) A large quantity of watery food such as broth.
- (botany) A deep taper-pointed incision in a plant.
- A deep cut or laceration, as made by an edged weapon or whip.
- (fashion) A slit in an outer garment, usually exposing a lining or inner garment of a contrasting color or design.
- A swift, broad cutting stroke, especially one made with an edged weapon or whip.
- (eastern US, uncommon) A slash pine, which grows in such (swampy) areas.
- (eastern US) A swampy area; a swamp.
- (idiomatic, by extension) The conjunctions and or also (during a conversation).
- (UK) Alternative form of slatch: a deep trough of finely-fractured culm or a circular or elliptical pocket of coal.
- (US and Canada) The loose woody debris remaining from a slash; the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal.
- (UK, slang, vulgar, rare) Piss; urine.
- (originally US, typography) The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩.
- (UK, slang, vulgar) A piss: an act of urination.
- (sports) A wide striking motion made with an implement such as a cricket bat, hockey stick, or lacrosse stick.
- (US and Canada) A clearing in a forest, particularly one made by logging, fire, or other violent action.
- (often proscribed) Any similar typographical mark, such as the backslash ⟨\⟩.
- (fandom slang) Slash fiction; fan fiction focused on homoerotic pairing of fictional characters.
- an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)
- a wound made by cutting
- a punctuation mark (‘/’) used to separate related items of information
- a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument
adv
conj
noun
noun
- Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
- Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.
- A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell.
- Misspelling of stent (“medical device”).
- (motor racing) A part of the race between two consecutive pit stops.
- Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris. Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling.
- an unbroken period of time during which you do something
- smallest American sandpiper
- an individual's prescribed share of work
verb
- (intransitive) To be sparing or mean.
- (of mares) To impregnate successfully; to get with foal.
- To assign a certain task to (a person), upon the performance of which he/she is excused from further labour for that day or period; to stent.
- (transitive) To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to restrict to a scant allowance.
- supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
- subsist on a meager allowance
noun
- (figurative) Gradual reduction over time.
- A slender wax candle.
- Someone who works with tape or tapes.
- (by extension) A small light.
- A thin stick used for lighting candles, either a wax-coated wick or a slow-burning wooden rod.
- The portion of an object with such a form.
- A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object.
- (weaving) One who operates a tape machine.
- A cone-shaped item for stretching the hole for an ear gauge (piercing).
- (machining) Ellipsis of machine taper.
- the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone)
- a convex shape that narrows toward a point
- a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame
- stick of wax with a wick in the middle
verb
adj
verb
- lessen, diminish, or curtail
- (transitive) To curtail.
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- (transitive) Cut short; truncate.
- (transitive) To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.
- (transitive) To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense.
verb
- (transitive) To reduce.
- (transitive) To make (something, especially something flying) fall to the ground, usually by firing a weapon of some kind.
- (transitive) To stop the effects of intoxication in (someone).
- To cause to fall down, e.g. in an accident.
- (transitive) To take (someone) to prison.
- (transitive) To humble.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring, down.
- (transitive) To make (someone) feel bad emotionally.
- (transitive) To calm down (someone).
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) To receive a prison sentence.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, transitive) To incite excitement in (a place or crowd).
- (transitive) To make (a ruler or government) lose their position of power.
- (sports, transitive) To cause (an opponent) to fall after a tackle.
- move something or somebody to a lower position
- cause to come to the ground
- impose something unpleasant
- cause the downfall of; of rulers
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- cause to be enthusiastic
verb
- (transitive) To reduce.
- To defeat; to destroy or kill (a person).
- To write down as a note, especially to record something spoken.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To collapse or become incapacitated from illness or fatigue.
- To remove a temporary structure such as scaffolding.
- To remove something from a wall or similar vertical surface to which it is fixed.
- To lower an item of clothing without removing it.
- To arrest someone or to place them in detention.
- To remove something from a hanging position.
- To remove something from a website.
- (combat sports) To force one’s opponent off their feet in order to transition from striking to grappling in jujitsu, mixed martial arts, etc.
- To swallow.
- move something or somebody to a lower position
- reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
- tear down so as to make flat with the ground
- make a written note of
verb
- To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
- (transitive) To soak leather so as to remove chemicals used in tanning; to steep in bate.
- (intransitive, falconry) Of a falcon: To flap the wings vigorously; to bait.
- To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
- (intransitive) To contend or strive with blows or arguments.
- (transitive, sometimes figuratively) To cut off, remove, take away.
- To waste away.
- (intransitive, slang) Clipping of masturbate.
- (transitive) To restrain, usually with the sense of being in anticipation
- (transitive) To reduce the force of something; to abate.
- To deprive of.
- soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments
- flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons
- moderate or restrain; lessen the force of
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To lessen or reduce.
- (idiomatic, transitive, especially US) To deliver; to deposit or leave; to allow passengers to alight.
- (intransitive, also figuratively) To drop, fall.
- (transitive, also figuratively) To drop from, fall from.
- (slang) To abandon or give up on (something); to be abandoned or given up on.
- (intransitive, figurative) To end a connection with a telephone queue, either by hanging up or after being served or processed.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To fall asleep.
- change from a waking to a sleeping state
- remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
- fall to a lower standard
- fall or diminish
- retreat
verb
- (intransitive) To decrease.
- (impersonal, UK) To rain.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To return from an elevated state of consciousness (especially when drug-induced) or emotion.
- (intransitive) To be passed through time.
- (intransitive) To reach or release a decision.
- (intransitive) To descend, fall down, collapse.
- (intransitive, UK) To graduate from university, especially an Oxbridge university.
- (intransitive) To be demolished.
- Shortening of of come down the (pike, line, etc.) To be about to happen; to occur; to transpire.
- (intransitive, slang) To behave in a particular way.
- get sick
- move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
- criticize or reprimand harshly
- be the essential element
- fall from clouds
verb
- (figuratively) To reduce sharply.
- (Scotland, intransitive) To work in wet conditions.
- To produce a similar wound with a savage strike of a whip.
- (fashion) To create slashes in a garment.
- (ice hockey) To strike swiftly and laterally with a hockey stick, usually across another player's arms or legs.
- (cricket) To swing wildly at the ball.
- To crack a whip with a slashing motion.
- To strike violently and randomly, particularly:
- (intransitive, UK, slang) To piss, to urinate.
- (intransitive, fandom slang) To write slash fiction.
- (US, Canada) To clear land, (particularly forestry) with violent action such as logging or brushfires or (agriculture, uncommon) through grazing.
- To cut with a swift broad stroke of an edged weapon.
- (figuratively) To criticize cuttingly.
- To move quickly and violently.
- move or stir about violently
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- cut open
- cut drastically
- cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
noun
- (figuratively) A sharp reduction in resources allotted.
- (vulgar, slang) The vulva.
- (Scotland) A large quantity of watery food such as broth.
- (botany) A deep taper-pointed incision in a plant.
- A deep cut or laceration, as made by an edged weapon or whip.
- (fashion) A slit in an outer garment, usually exposing a lining or inner garment of a contrasting color or design.
- A swift, broad cutting stroke, especially one made with an edged weapon or whip.
- (eastern US, uncommon) A slash pine, which grows in such (swampy) areas.
- (eastern US) A swampy area; a swamp.
- (idiomatic, by extension) The conjunctions and or also (during a conversation).
- (UK) Alternative form of slatch: a deep trough of finely-fractured culm or a circular or elliptical pocket of coal.
- (US and Canada) The loose woody debris remaining from a slash; the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal.
- (UK, slang, vulgar, rare) Piss; urine.
- (originally US, typography) The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩.
- (UK, slang, vulgar) A piss: an act of urination.
- (sports) A wide striking motion made with an implement such as a cricket bat, hockey stick, or lacrosse stick.
- (US and Canada) A clearing in a forest, particularly one made by logging, fire, or other violent action.
- (often proscribed) Any similar typographical mark, such as the backslash ⟨\⟩.
- (fandom slang) Slash fiction; fan fiction focused on homoerotic pairing of fictional characters.
- an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)
- a wound made by cutting
- a punctuation mark (‘/’) used to separate related items of information
- a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument
adv
conj
verb
- (transitive) To reduce; to make smaller.
- (cooking) To cook (food, especially fast food), particularly by lowering into hot oil to deep-fry, or by grilling.
- (transitive, music) To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
- (intransitive) Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets.
- (transitive) To cease concerning oneself over (someone or something); to have nothing more to do with (a discussion, subject, etc.).
- (intransitive, computing) To enter a more basic interface.
- (transitive) To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot, etc.; to bring down, to shoot down; to kill.
- (intransitive, physiology, informal) Of the testicles: to hang further away from the body and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
- Especially in drop acid: to swallow (a drug, particularly LSD).
- (intransitive) Of a voice: to lower in timbre, often due to puberty.
- (transitive, computing, music, television, colloquial) To release (a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.) to the public.
- (intransitive) To decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc.
- (intransitive, computing, music, television, colloquial) Of a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.: to enter public distribution.
- (transitive) To drip (a liquid) in drops or small amounts.
- (originally US) To (unexpectedly) lose (a competition, game, etc.).
- To lose, spend, or otherwise part with (money).
- (intransitive, also figuratively) To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid.
- (intransitive) To come to an end (by not being kept up); to lapse, to stop.
- (intransitive) To fall into a particular condition or state.
- (intransitive, online gaming, video games) Of an item: To appear for the player to pick up, usually after an enemy has been defeated.
- To impart (something).
- (intransitive) Usually followed by by, in, or into: of a person: to visit someone or somewhere informally or without a prior appointment.
- (intransitive) To fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground.
- (rugby) To score (a goal) by means of a drop kick.
- (transitive) To cancel or cease to participate in (a scheduled course, event, or project).
- To perform (rap music).
- (transitive) To mention (something) casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
- (transitive) To set down (someone or something) from a vehicle; to stop and deliver or deposit (someone or something); to drop off.
- (transitive) To lower (a sound, a voice, etc.) in pitch or volume.
- (transitive, computing) To present (the user) with a more basic interface.
- (transitive) To cease to include (something), as if on a list; to dismiss, to eject, to expel.
- To quickly lower or take down (one's trousers), especially in public.
- (cricket) Of a fielder: to fail to dismiss (a batsman) by accidentally dropping a batted ball that had initially been caught.
- (transitive, linguistics) To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter, etc.).
- To pass or use (counterfeit cheques, money, etc.).
- (intransitive) To collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death.
- (transitive, ergative, also figuratively) To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
- (transitive) To move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards; to lower.
- (intransitive) Of a song or sound: to lower in key, pitch, tempo, or other quality.
- (transitive, online gaming, video games) Of a defeated enemy or container: To leave behind an item that the player can collect.
- To play (a portion of music) in the manner of a disc jockey.
- (intransitive, gambling) To drop out of the betting.
- (transitive) Of an animal (usually a sheep): to give birth to (young); of a bird: to lay (an egg).
- (transitive) To let (a letter, etc.) fall into a postbox; hence, to send (a letter, email, or other message) in an offhand manner.
- (transitive) To dispose or get rid of (something); to lose, to remove.
- (US, Singapore, ergative, military, slang) To make someone, or be made to do push-ups or some other form of exercise on the ground as punishment.
- (intransitive) To fall behind or to the rear of a group of people, etc., as a result of not keeping up with those at the front.
- pay out
- utter with seeming casualness
- take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth
- change from one level to another
- remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
- lower the pitch of (musical notes)
- fall or descend to a lower place or level
- stop pursuing or acting
- to fall vertically
- let fall to the ground
- cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
- fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death
- grow progressively worse
- stop associating with
- leave undone or leave out
- let or cause to fall in drops
- to remove
- go down in value
- lose (a game)
- omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing
- give birth; used for animals
- hang loosely
- terminate an association with
noun
- Of women's clothes: the difference between the bust circumference and hip circumference.
- (online gaming, video games) An item made available for the player to pick up from the remains of a defeated enemy.
- (pinball) Ellipsis of drop target.
- (rugby) Ellipsis of drop kick.
- (pharmacology, chiefly in the plural) A liquid medicine that is intended to be administered in drops (sense 1).
- (agriculture) A fruit which has fallen off a tree, etc., or has been knocked off accidentally, rather than picked.
- (informal) Only used in get the drop on, have the drop on: an advantage.
- A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.
- (nautical) The depth of a (square) sail (generally applied to the courses only); the vertical dimension of a sail.
- (electrics, telecommunications) An overhead electrical line running from a utility pole to a customer's building or other premises.
- (American football) A dropped pass.
- Usually preceded by the: relegation from one division to a lower one.
- (law enforcement) The distance that a person drops when being executed by hanging.
- Often preceded by a defining word: a small, round piece of hard candy, such as a lemon drop; a lozenge.
- (theater) A curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; also, a section of (cloth) scenery lowered on to the stage like a curtain.
- (slang, US) An automobile with a drop-top roof, a convertible.
- Licorice in confectionery form.
- Ellipsis of drop hammer or drop press.
- The distance below a cliff or other high position through which someone or something could fall; hence, a steep slope.
- (also figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own rounded shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
- (law enforcement, informal) Preceded by the: execution by hanging.
- (music) A point in a song, usually electronic music such as dubstep, house, trance, or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in bass, tempo, and/or overall tone; a climax, a highlight.
- A release (of music, a video game, etc).
- (Ireland, informal) A single measure of whisky.
- Of men's clothes: the difference between the chest circumference and waist circumference.
- (figuratively) A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
- (law enforcement) A trapdoor (“hinged platform”) on a gallows; a gallows itself.
- An act of moving downwards under the force of gravity; a descent, a fall.
- The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
- A mechanism for lowering something, such as a machine for lowering heavy weights on to a ship's deck, or a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet, etc.
- (pharmacology) A dose of liquid medicine in the form of a drop (sense 1).
- (engineering) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
- (surfing) A near vertical decent down the face of a breaking wave.
- (cricket) A place (specified by an ordinal) in the batting order after the openers.
- (architecture) An ornament resembling a pendant; a gutta.
- (American football) Ellipsis of drop-back.
- (gambling) The amount of money that a gambler exchanges for chips in a casino.
- (chiefly British) Usually preceded by the: alcoholic spirits in general.
- (golf) Ellipsis of drop shot.
- The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.
- (chiefly Australia, British) A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
- A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, whether openly (as with a mail drop), or secretly or illegally (as in crime or espionage); a drop-off point.
- An instance of making a delivery of people, supplies, or things, especially by parachute out of an aircraft (an airdrop), but also by truck, etc.
- a shape that is spherical and small
- a central depository where things can be left or picked up
- a steep high face of rock
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
- a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)
- the act of dropping something
- a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)
verb
- (figurative) To reduce or diminish.
- To digest in the stomach.
- (cooking) To make an infusion.
- (transitive) To devise.
- (figurative) To heat as if by boiling.
- (cooking) To reduce, or concentrate by boiling down.
- be cooked until very little liquid is left
- extract the essence of something by boiling it
- steep in hot water
verb
- (mathematics) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.
- (economics) To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
- To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
- To press down.
- To make depressed, sad or bored.
- lower (prices or markets)
- lessen the activity or force of
- lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
- cause to drop or sink
- press down
verb
- To reduce or contract; to become shorter.
- (idiomatic, intransitive, of night/darkness/winter) To approach.
- (idiomatic, intransitive, of nights or evenings) To become dark earlier as a result of seasonal change.
- (idiomatic, transitive) To attract.
- (idiomatic, transitive) To get (someone) involved.
- draw in as if by suction
- shape one's body into a curl
- of trains; move into (a station)
- direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
- pull inward or towards a center
- advance or converge on
verb
verb
- To limit narrowly; to restrict.
- To draw a line around; to encircle.
- (geometry) To draw the smallest circle or higher-dimensional sphere that has (a polyhedron, polygon, etc.) in its interior.
- restrict or confine within limits
- draw a line around
- to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect
verb
- (transitive) To confine; to limit; to restrict.
- (transitive) To cut down or reduce.
- (intransitive) To live less expensively; to economize.
- (intransitive) To take up a new defensive position.
- (transitive, military) To furnish with a retrenchment (a defensive work within a fortification).
- (intransitive) To abridge; to curtail.
- (transitive) To dig or redig a trench where one already exists.
- (transitive, specifically) To terminate the employment of a worker to reduce the size of a workforce; to make redundant.
- tighten one's belt; use resources carefully
- make a reduction, as in one's workforce
verb
- To curtail; to cut short.
- (slang) To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.
- (computer graphics, video games, ambitransitive) To move (through or into) (a rendered object or barrier).
- (slang, transitive) To cheat, swindle, or fleece.
- (dialectal, informal) To strike with the hand.
- To fasten with a clip.
- To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.
- (slang, transitive) to grab or take stealthily.
- (computer graphics) To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it.
- To make a clip; to cut a section of video from a film, broadcast, or other longer video.
- To grip tightly.
- (signal processing) To cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value.
- (surgery, transitive) To treat (an aneurysm) by closing it off with a physical clip.
- To hit or strike, especially in passing.
- (slang) To assassinate; to bump off.
- (American football) To perform an illegal tackle, throwing the body across the back of an opponent's leg or hitting him from the back below the waist while moving up from behind unless the opponent is a runner or the action is in close line play.
- run at a moderately swift pace
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- sever or remove by pinching or snipping
- terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
- attach with a clip
noun
- A short piece of audio (shortened version of audio clip, or alternatively clipping of audio).
- (military, colloquial) A removable magazine of a firearm.
- Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
- A newspaper clipping.
- (uncountable, Geordie) The condition of something, its state.
- (military) A frame containing a number of rounds of ammunition which is intended to be inserted into an internal magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading.
- Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:
- The product of a single shearing of sheep.
- An act of clipping, such as a haircut.
- A section of video taken from a film, broadcast, or other longer video.
- A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; a toe clip or beak.
- (fishing, UK, Scotland) A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.
- An unspecified, but normally understood as rapid, speed or pace.
- A season's crop of wool.
- (informal) A blow with the hand (often in the set phrase clip round the ear)
- a sharp slanting blow
- an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress
- a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun
- the act of clipping or snipping
- an instance or single occasion for some event
- any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together
verb
- To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate.
- To decrease in amount or size.
- To lower (something) in price or value.
- (chiefly US) To dismiss or otherwise bring to an end (legal proceedings) before they are completed, especially on procedural grounds rather than on the merits.
- (chiefly US) Of legal proceedings: to be dismissed or otherwise brought to an end before they are completed, especially on procedural grounds rather than on the merits.
- To reduce (something) in amount or size.
- To decrease in force or intensity; to subside.
- To lower in price or value; (law) specifically, of a bequest in a will: to lower in value because the testator's estate is insufficient to satisfy all the bequests in full.
- (chiefly historical) Of a writ or other legal document: to become null and void; to cease to have effect.
- To make (a writ or other legal document) void; to nullify.
- To cut away or hammer down (material from metalwork, a sculpture, etc.) in such a way as to leave a figure in relief.
- To put an end to (a nuisance).
- become less in amount or intensity
- make less active or intense
verb
verb
- (transitive, mathematics) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
- (transitive) To reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form.
- (transitive) To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned.
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- shorten
adj
verb
- To restrain within boundaries; to limit; to confine
- (specifically, mathematics) To consider (a function) as defined on a subset of its original domain.
- place under restrictions; limit access to by law
- place limits on (extent or amount or access)
- prevent (information) from being circulated or disclosed
- place restrictions on
verb
- (transitive) To lower; to put (something) down.
- (transitive, golf, pocket billiards) To sink (a ball) into a hole or pocket.
- (transitive) To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.
- (transitive, colloquial) To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.
- (transitive) Specifically, to cause (something in the air) to fall to the ground; to bring down (with a missile etc.).
- (transitive, colloquial) To disparage; to put down.
- (transitive, American football, Canadian football) To render (the ball) dead, typically by touching the ground while in possession.
- (transitive, figurative) To defeat; to overpower.
- (transitive) To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.
- eat up completely, as with great appetite
- shoot at and force to come down
- improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
- bring down or defeat (an opponent)
- drink down entirely
- cause to come or go down
adj
- (baseball, cricket, colloquial, following the noun modified) Out.
- (not comparable, military, law enforcement, slang, of a person) Wounded and unable to move normally, or killed.
- (not comparable) Inoperable; out of order; out of service.
- Having a lower score than an opponent.
- (veterinary medicine, of a cow) Stranded in a recumbent position; unable to stand.
- (rail transport, of a train) Travelling in the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
- Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining).
- (normally in the combination 'down with') Sick or ill.
- (informal) Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.
- (slang) In prison.
- (of a tree, limb, etc) Fallen or felled.
- At a lower level than before.
- (colloquial, with "on") Negative about; hostile to.
- (Canada, US, slang) Comfortable [with]; accepting [of]; okay [with].
- Facing downwards.
- Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.)
- (not comparable, military, aviation, slang, of an aircraft) Mechanically failed, collided, shot down, or otherwise suddenly unable to fly.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) Accepted, respected, or loyally participating in the (thug) community.
- being put out in a game of baseball
- lower than previously
- extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
- filled with melancholy and despondency
- understood perfectly
- becoming progressively lower
- shut
- not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
- being or moving lower in position or less in some value
adv
- At or towards any place that is visualised as 'down' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
- Away from the city (regardless of direction).
- (crosswords, in relation to a numbered clued word) In a downwards direction; vertically.
- To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
- (sentence substitute, imperative) Get down.
- Forward, straight ahead.
- On paper (or in a durable record).
- To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.
- So as to be cowed into silence.
- Into a state of non-operation.
- (comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
- From less to greater detail.
- Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, permanence, or success rather than being of indefinite duration.
- (comparable) At a lower or further place or position along a set path.
- To or towards what is considered the bottom of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically lower.
- So as to lessen quantity, level or intensity.
- (sports) Towards the opponent's side (in ball-sports).
- From a remoter or higher antiquity.
- (rail transport) In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
- As a down payment.
- So as to reduce size, weight or volume.
- So as to secure or compress something to the floor, ground, or other (usually horizontal) surface.
- away from a more central or a more northerly place
- from an earlier time
- in an inactive or inoperative state
- to a lower intensity
- spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
- paid in cash at time of purchase
noun
- Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.
- The lightest quark with a charge number of −¹⁄₃.
- (usually in the plural) A field, especially one used for horse racing.
- (UK, chiefly in the plural) A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep.
- (gambling) The shift or period of time during which a dealer manages a given table before rotating to the next table at a casino or cardroom, which is often 30 minutes.
- (American football) A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed.
- A downstairs room of a two-story house.
- The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
- A negative aspect; a downer, a downside.
- That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.
- (especially Southern England, also Australia, often plural, often in place names) A hill; in England, especially a chalk hill.
- (crosswording) A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
- (botany) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.
- Down payment.
- A downer, depressant.
- An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
- fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
- soft fine feathers
- (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
- (American football) a complete play to advance the football
prep
- From one end to another of (in any direction); along.
- Towards the mouth of (a river); in the direction of flow of.
- (UK, Ireland) To (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).
- From north to south of.
- (UK, Ireland) At (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).
- From the higher end to the lower of.
verb
- (intransitive) To decelerate.
- (transitive, intransitive, figuratively) To become less intense, enthusiastic, etc., usually with a positive connotation, implying that one is stripped of exaggerated or unnecessary eagerness.
- (transitive) To reduce the velocity, speed, or tempo of something.
- cause to proceed more slowly
- become slow or slower
- reduce the speed of
- lose velocity; move more slowly
- become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
verb
- (transitive) To diminish or lessen something
- (transitive) To cut a rebate (or rabbet) in something
- To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.
- To abate; to withdraw.
- (transitive) To deduct or return an amount from a bill or payment
- (intransitive, falconry) Of a falcon: to return to the hand after bating; see bate².
- join with a rebate
- give a reduction in the price during a sale
- cut a rebate in (timber or stone)
noun
- A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar.
- The return of part of an amount already paid.
- A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements.
- An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood.
- A rectangular groove made to hold two pieces (of wood etc) together; a rabbet.
- (photography) The edge of a roll of film, from which no image can be developed.
- A deduction from an amount that is paid; an abatement.
- a refund of some fraction of the amount paid
- a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together
noun
- (figurative) Gradual reduction over time.
- A slender wax candle.
- Someone who works with tape or tapes.
- (by extension) A small light.
- A thin stick used for lighting candles, either a wax-coated wick or a slow-burning wooden rod.
- The portion of an object with such a form.
- A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object.
- (weaving) One who operates a tape machine.
- A cone-shaped item for stretching the hole for an ear gauge (piercing).
- (machining) Ellipsis of machine taper.
- the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone)
- a convex shape that narrows toward a point
- a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame
- stick of wax with a wick in the middle
verb
adj
adj
- Reduced.
- (of a gem) Carved into a shape; not raw.
- (bodybuilding) Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among larger muscles.
- (slang, New Zealand, formerly UK) Intoxicated as a result of drugs or alcohol.
- (participial adjective) Having been cut.
- (cricket, of a shot) Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point.
- (informal) Circumcised or having been the subject of female genital mutilation.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Upset, angry; emotionally hurt.
- (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
- (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit
- mixed with water
- separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument
- (of a male animal) having the testicles removed
- (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply
- with parts removed
- made neat and tidy by trimming
- fashioned or shaped by cutting
verb
- To reduce, especially intentionally.
- To absent oneself from (a class, an appointment, etc.).
- (intransitive) To enter a queue in the wrong place.
- (transitive, cricket) To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball while bowling it.
- (intransitive, slang) To leave abruptly.
- (intransitive) To engage in self-harm by making cuts in one's own skin.
- To perform an incision on, for example with a knife.
- To abridge or shorten a work; to remove a portion of a recording during editing.
- (slang) To wound with a knife.
- To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce.
- (transitive, film) To edit a film by selecting takes from original footage.
- (intransitive) To change direction suddenly.
- To separate or omit, in a situation where one was previously associated.
- (transitive, social) To ignore as a social rebuff or snub.
- To perform (an elaborate dancing movement etc.).
- (transitive) To exhibit (a figure having some trait).
- (ambitransitive) To deliver a stroke with a whip or like instrument to.
- (bodybuilding) To lose body mass, aiming to keep muscle but lose body fat.
- (transitive, cricket) To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.
- (transitive, computing) To remove (text, a picture, etc.) and place in memory in order to paste at a later time.
- (sports) To drive (a ball) to one side, as by (in billiards or croquet) hitting it fine with another ball, or (in tennis) striking it with the racket inclined.
- To castrate or geld.
- (intransitive) To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.
- (slang, intransitive) To run or hurry.
- (transitive, slang) To dilute or adulterate something, especially a recreational drug.
- (intransitive, film) To make an abrupt transition from one scene or image to another.
- (transitive, slang) To make, negotiate; to finalise, conclude; to issue.
- (transitive, intransitive) To divide a pack of playing cards into two parts, often followed by placing the two parts back together in the opposite order.
- To form or shape by cutting.
- (intransitive) To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
- (transitive) To renounce or give up.
- To interfere, as a horse; to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs.
- To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument.
- (transitive) To stop, disengage, or cease.
- penetrate injuriously
- function as a cutting instrument
- divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult
- form by probing, penetrating, or digging
- fell by sawing; hew
- refuse to acknowledge
- discharge from a group
- allow incision or separation
- record a performance on (a medium)
- hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction
- pass directly and often in haste
- stop filming
- intentionally fail to attend
- grow through the gums
- cut and assemble the components of
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- give the appearance or impression of
- make an incision or separation
- make an abrupt change of image or sound
- cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
- style and tailor in a certain fashion
- form or shape by cutting or incising
- cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
- have a reducing effect
- separate with or as if with an instrument
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- pass through or across
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- make out and issue
- be able to manage or manage successfully
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
- make a recording of
- reap or harvest
- create by duplicating data
- move (one's fist)
- shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of
- cease, stop
- dissolve by breaking down the fat of
- perform or carry out
- have grow through the gums
intj
noun
- (slang, uncountable) That which is used to dilute or adulterate a recreational drug.
- (card games) The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.
- (slang) An insult.
- An opening of a living body resulting from cutting; an incision or wound.
- (slang) A hidden, secluded, or secure place.
- An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving.
- (card games) The card obtained by dividing the pack.
- The manner or style in which a garment, other article of clothing, or sail is fashioned.
- A decrease or deletion.
- (archaeology) A truncation, a context that represents a moment in time when other archaeological deposits were removed for the creation of some feature such as a ditch or pit.
- (Internet) A dividing line in a Tumblr post, the content below which is hidden until the reader reveals it.
- A haircut.
- (bodybuilding) A time period when one attempts to lose fat while retaining muscle mass.
- (literal, figurative) The act of cutting.
- Such a wound through human skin.
- A sleeveless vest worn by members of a motorcycle club.
- (fashion) A notch shaved into an eyebrow.
- (fencing) An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point.
- (especially theater, film) A passage omitted or to be omitted from a play, movie script, speech, etc.
- (cricket) A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point.
- (graph theory) The partition of a graph’s vertices into two subgroups.
- A skein of yarn.
- Such a passage dug for a roadway for a paved road or railroad, a canal, a runway, etc.
- A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove.
- (golf) In a stroke play competition, the early elimination of those players who have not then attained a preannounced score, so that the rest of the competition is less pressed for time and more entertaining for spectators.
- A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance.
- A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio tapes, CDs, etc.
- (literal, figurative) The result of cutting.
- (film) A particular version or edit of a film.
- (sports) In lawn tennis, etc., a slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin thus given to the ball.
- A slab or slice, especially of meat.
- (rail transport) A string of railway cars coupled together, shorter than a train.
- (cricket) Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the ball.
- An unkind act; a cruelty.
- A share or portion of profits.
- An artificial channel for marine navigation, as distinguished from a navigable river.
- (petrochemistry) The range of temperatures used to distill a particular mixture of hydrocarbons from crude oil.
- a wound made by cutting
- in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
- the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
- a refusal to recognize someone you know
- (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
- a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
- a remark capable of wounding mentally
- a canal made by erosion or excavation
- a share of the profits
- the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
- the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
- the act of cutting something into parts
- a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
- (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
- the style in which a garment is cut
- a step on some scale
- the act of reducing the amount or number
- an unexcused absence from class
- the division of a deck of cards before dealing
- a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
adj
- Reduced or lowered.
- (geoarchaeology) Subsided or compressed downward.
- (economics) Adjusted downward to compensate for inflation.
- (economics) Suffering from deflation.
- Empty of all the air or gas that was or could be inside.
- (figurative) Disappointed; depressed, especially after having been hopeful or in high spirits.
- brought low in spirit
verb
adj
- lessened, reduced
- (music) reduced by a semitone
- made to seem less important, impressive, or valuable
- (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use
- impaired by diminution
- (of musical intervals) reduction by a semitone of any perfect or minor musical interval
- made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)
verb
adj
- Reduced.
- (of a gem) Carved into a shape; not raw.
- (bodybuilding) Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among larger muscles.
- (slang, New Zealand, formerly UK) Intoxicated as a result of drugs or alcohol.
- (participial adjective) Having been cut.
- (cricket, of a shot) Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point.
- (informal) Circumcised or having been the subject of female genital mutilation.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Upset, angry; emotionally hurt.
- (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
- (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit
- mixed with water
- separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument
- (of a male animal) having the testicles removed
- (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply
- with parts removed
- made neat and tidy by trimming
- fashioned or shaped by cutting
verb
- To reduce, especially intentionally.
- To absent oneself from (a class, an appointment, etc.).
- (intransitive) To enter a queue in the wrong place.
- (transitive, cricket) To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball while bowling it.
- (intransitive, slang) To leave abruptly.
- (intransitive) To engage in self-harm by making cuts in one's own skin.
- To perform an incision on, for example with a knife.
- To abridge or shorten a work; to remove a portion of a recording during editing.
- (slang) To wound with a knife.
- To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce.
- (transitive, film) To edit a film by selecting takes from original footage.
- (intransitive) To change direction suddenly.
- To separate or omit, in a situation where one was previously associated.
- (transitive, social) To ignore as a social rebuff or snub.
- To perform (an elaborate dancing movement etc.).
- (transitive) To exhibit (a figure having some trait).
- (ambitransitive) To deliver a stroke with a whip or like instrument to.
- (bodybuilding) To lose body mass, aiming to keep muscle but lose body fat.
- (transitive, cricket) To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.
- (transitive, computing) To remove (text, a picture, etc.) and place in memory in order to paste at a later time.
- (sports) To drive (a ball) to one side, as by (in billiards or croquet) hitting it fine with another ball, or (in tennis) striking it with the racket inclined.
- To castrate or geld.
- (intransitive) To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.
- (slang, intransitive) To run or hurry.
- (transitive, slang) To dilute or adulterate something, especially a recreational drug.
- (intransitive, film) To make an abrupt transition from one scene or image to another.
- (transitive, slang) To make, negotiate; to finalise, conclude; to issue.
- (transitive, intransitive) To divide a pack of playing cards into two parts, often followed by placing the two parts back together in the opposite order.
- To form or shape by cutting.
- (intransitive) To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
- (transitive) To renounce or give up.
- To interfere, as a horse; to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs.
- To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument.
- (transitive) To stop, disengage, or cease.
- penetrate injuriously
- function as a cutting instrument
- divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult
- form by probing, penetrating, or digging
- fell by sawing; hew
- refuse to acknowledge
- discharge from a group
- allow incision or separation
- record a performance on (a medium)
- hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction
- pass directly and often in haste
- stop filming
- intentionally fail to attend
- grow through the gums
- cut and assemble the components of
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- give the appearance or impression of
- make an incision or separation
- make an abrupt change of image or sound
- cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
- style and tailor in a certain fashion
- form or shape by cutting or incising
- cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
- have a reducing effect
- separate with or as if with an instrument
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- pass through or across
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- make out and issue
- be able to manage or manage successfully
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
- make a recording of
- reap or harvest
- create by duplicating data
- move (one's fist)
- shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of
- cease, stop
- dissolve by breaking down the fat of
- perform or carry out
- have grow through the gums
intj
noun
- (slang, uncountable) That which is used to dilute or adulterate a recreational drug.
- (card games) The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.
- (slang) An insult.
- An opening of a living body resulting from cutting; an incision or wound.
- (slang) A hidden, secluded, or secure place.
- An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving.
- (card games) The card obtained by dividing the pack.
- The manner or style in which a garment, other article of clothing, or sail is fashioned.
- A decrease or deletion.
- (archaeology) A truncation, a context that represents a moment in time when other archaeological deposits were removed for the creation of some feature such as a ditch or pit.
- (Internet) A dividing line in a Tumblr post, the content below which is hidden until the reader reveals it.
- A haircut.
- (bodybuilding) A time period when one attempts to lose fat while retaining muscle mass.
- (literal, figurative) The act of cutting.
- Such a wound through human skin.
- A sleeveless vest worn by members of a motorcycle club.
- (fashion) A notch shaved into an eyebrow.
- (fencing) An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point.
- (especially theater, film) A passage omitted or to be omitted from a play, movie script, speech, etc.
- (cricket) A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point.
- (graph theory) The partition of a graph’s vertices into two subgroups.
- A skein of yarn.
- Such a passage dug for a roadway for a paved road or railroad, a canal, a runway, etc.
- A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove.
- (golf) In a stroke play competition, the early elimination of those players who have not then attained a preannounced score, so that the rest of the competition is less pressed for time and more entertaining for spectators.
- A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance.
- A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio tapes, CDs, etc.
- (literal, figurative) The result of cutting.
- (film) A particular version or edit of a film.
- (sports) In lawn tennis, etc., a slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin thus given to the ball.
- A slab or slice, especially of meat.
- (rail transport) A string of railway cars coupled together, shorter than a train.
- (cricket) Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the ball.
- An unkind act; a cruelty.
- A share or portion of profits.
- An artificial channel for marine navigation, as distinguished from a navigable river.
- (petrochemistry) The range of temperatures used to distill a particular mixture of hydrocarbons from crude oil.
- a wound made by cutting
- in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
- the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
- a refusal to recognize someone you know
- (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
- a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
- a remark capable of wounding mentally
- a canal made by erosion or excavation
- a share of the profits
- the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
- the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
- the act of cutting something into parts
- a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
- (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
- the style in which a garment is cut
- a step on some scale
- the act of reducing the amount or number
- an unexcused absence from class
- the division of a deck of cards before dealing
- a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
adj
- Capable of being reduced.
- capable of being reduced
- (mathematics, of an integer) Able to be factored into smaller integers; composite.
- (mathematics, of a polynomial) Able to be factored into polynomials of lower degree, as x²-1.
- (topology, of a manifold) Containing a sphere of codimension 1 that is not the boundary of a ball.
adj
noun
- An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails.
- (electrical engineering) Synonym of pigtail (“a short length of twisted electrical wire”).
- (typography) The lower loop of the letters in the Roman alphabet, as in g, q or y.
- (mathematics) All the last terms of a sequence, from some term on.
- (slang) The penis of a person or animal.
- (surgery) A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end, which does not go through the whole thickness of the skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; called also tailing.
- (slang, uncountable) Sexual intercourse.
- The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything.
- (nautical) A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which it may be lashed to anything.
- A train or company of attendants; a retinue.
- (law) Limitation of inheritance to certain heirs.
- A downy or feathery appendage of certain achens, formed of the permanent elongated style.
- (chiefly in the plural) The side of a coin not bearing the head; normally the side on which the monetary value of the coin is indicated; the reverse.
- (now colloquial, chiefly US) The buttocks or backside.
- (mining) A tailing.
- The latter part of a time period or event, or (collectively) persons or objects represented in this part.
- (anatomy) The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to their posterior and near the anus or cloaca.
- (anatomy) The distal tendon of a muscle.
- The tail-end of any object.
- (architecture) The bottom or lower portion of a member or part such as a slate or tile.
- The feathers attached to the pygostyle of a bird.
- (kayaking) The stern; the back of the kayak.
- The rear structure of an aircraft, the empennage.
- (cricket) The lower order of batsmen in the batting order, usually specialist bowlers.
- One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by splitting the bandage one or more times.
- (entomology) A filamentous projection on the tornal section of each hind wing of certain butterflies.
- (statistics) The part of a distribution most distant from the mode.
- (astronomy) The visible stream of dust and gases blown from a comet by the solar wind.
- (chemistry) The final fraction of a distillation run, typically containing impurities and fusel oils.
- One who surreptitiously follows another.
- (music) The part of a note which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem.
- any projection that resembles the tail of an animal
- (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head
- the rear part of an aircraft
- the rear part of a ship
- the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
- a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- the time of the last part of something
verb
- To pull or draw by the tail.
- (architecture) To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in or into
- To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.
- (nautical) To swing with the stern in a certain direction; said of a vessel at anchor.
- (transitive) To follow and observe surreptitiously.
- remove or shorten the tail of an animal
- remove the stalk of fruits or berries
- go after with the intent to catch
adj
- (mathematics) Reduced to a lower degree or form.
- Suffering from clinical depression.
- Unhappy; despondent.
- Suffering damaging effects of economic recession.
- lower than previously
- filled with melancholy and despondency
- flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces
verb
adj
noun
adj
- limited or restricted; not absolute
- restricted in meaning; (as e.g. ‘man’ in ‘a tall man’)
- meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task
- contingent on something else
- holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill
- Meeting the standards, requirements, and training for a position.
- Restricted or limited by conditions.